mseifert wrote:If this is your first Dimple lock, maybe start with something that has weaker tolerances.. Like one of the Chinese lock ..
I've finally succeeded guys! I've been able to pick these a few times now using the Black Flag kit form sparrows, and I took an old allen wrench and I managed to file the end down so it fits perfectly into the right side of the lock away from the pins. VERY difficult pick. The hardest part is getting any feedback from all the spool pins. I'm a big believer like the TLPL is in HEAVY TENSION, but in this case you have to use light tension because you're pressing up in a rotating fashion against the lock which unlocks/turns clockwise.
This means you'll end up pressing the plug/core up thinking you're getting counter rotation and you're not. Boop! You press up the wrong pin and they all fall down. You need to get really good at pushing up the pin while not pushing on the core and feeling for that counter rotation. It is however doable lol just very difficult at first! I'm so glad I got this sucker open multiple times now though it feels amazing!
Your only other option is use heavier tension and keep pushing up pins (write them down on paper) which one give you no false set ever. Then you don't have to worry about counter rotation, but it's hard because you have to get the exact order of pins down one by one, but this is also doable. TLPL while he believes in using the heaviest tension possible for each stage of picking a lock (as I do), he talks about tension on these types of dimple locks.
In this case the heaviest tension possible for each stage of picking this lock goes from a feather to a gnats nose when getting feedback from a spool pin to push up during counter rotation. I hope this helps too!
